What Are The Most Common Types Of Factory Cranes?

Types Of Overhead Or Gantry Cranes?

If your business needs to lift heavy or awkward loads you may be wondering what type of crane kind of lifting equipment you need to fit inside your workshop. Deciding which piece of expensive capital equipment will best suit your lifting requirements isn't a 5 minute snap decision. It needs to be thought about and discussed with fully trained crane engineers. There are a number of very common but different types of overhead factory cranes. Never be afraid to ask 'what are the most common types of factory cranes?' Here we will try to simplify it for you.

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The are a number types of indoor factory cranes for lifting, lowering, positioning and handling. Even though there are only five 'main types of factory crane' many have different names or terminology which are actually for the same crane. Example; jib cranes, swing jib cranes and pillar jib cranes are all exactly the same thing.

Typically the five main types of cranage for factory use are called overhead traveling cranes, A-Frames cranes, jib cranes, monorail cranes, goalpost cranes and light crane systems. The most common of all, and the cheapest is the pillar jib crane, or swing jib. A frames gantries, or mobile wheeled gantries are also common and each has their own advantages and disadvantages. We will aim to cover them all on here, or link to a full page on each for a full in depth description.

Electric overhead travelling cranes are the most versatile type of factory workshop crane and user friendly and cover the biggest areas of all, they do however cost more especially as supporting steelwork is often required for them to run on.

Below are common terminology's for types of overhead cranes.

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Hopefully this page has been useful, and has helped to explain some of the types and differences of overhead cranes used daily across the UK and Europe. If you need anymore help please call us on we are always happy to help.

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At Ace we like to say 'the sky's the limit' and that's just what you'll find when you shop for a crane with us. A consultation with an Ace representative will cover every aspect of your overhead lifting needs and facility to determine the best fit for a crane product.

What is the amount of space you've got to work with? How many lifts per hour or day will your crane be performing? How heavy is the load you're lifting? How far will it travel? These questions and more will help us help you select the right type of crane for your application.

Cranes come in a variety of models that handle different kinds of production, lifting anything from car engines on an assembly line to tons of steel in a manufacturing plant to marine components in a shipyard.

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